Dr.
Mohammad S. Obaidat is an internationally well known
academic, researcher, and scientist. He received his Ph.D. and M. S. degrees in
Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science from The Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Dr. Obaidat is currently a full Professor of
Computer Science at Monmouth University, NJ, USA. Among his previous positions
are Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Director of the Graduate Program
at Monmouth University and a faculty member at the City University of New York.
He has received extensive research funding. He has authored or co-authored five
books and over three hundred and sixty (360) refereed scholarly journal and conference articles.Dr. Obaidat has
served as a consultant for several corporations and organizations worldwide and
is editor of many scholarly journals including being the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Communication Systems
published by John Wiley. He
is also an Editor of IEEE Wireless Communications. In 2002, he was the scientific advisor for the World Bank/UN Workshop on
Fostering Digital Inclusion. Recently, Dr. Obaidat was awarded the
distinguished Nokia Research Fellowship and the Distinguished Fulbright Award.

Dr. Obaidat has made pioneering and
lasting contributions to the multi-facet fields of computer science and
engineering. He has guest edited numerous special issues of scholarly journals
such as IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Elsevier Performance
Evaluation, SIMULATION: Transactions of SCS, Elsevier Computer Communications
Journal, Journal of C & EE, and International Journal of Communication
Systems. Obaidat has served as the steering committee chair, advisory Committee
Chair, honorary chair, and program chair of many international conferences. He
is the founder of the International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of
Computer and Telecommunication Systems, SPECTS and has served as the General
Chair of SPECTS since its inception. Obaidat has received a recognition
certificate from IEEE. Between 1994-1997, Obaidat has served as distinguished
speaker/visitor of IEEE
Computer Society. Since 1995 he has been serving as an ACM
distinguished Lecturer. He is also and SCS Distinguished Lecturer. Prof.
Obaidat is the founder of the SCS Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) and its
present director.

Between 1996 and 1999, Dr. Obaidat
served as an IEEE/ACM program evaluator of the Computing Sciences Accreditation
Board/Commission, CSAB/CSAC. Between 1995 and 2002, he has served as a member
of the board of directors of the Society for Computer Simulation International.
Between 2002 and 2004, He has served as Vice President of Conferences of the
Society for Modeling and Simulation International SCS. Between 2004-2006, he has served as
Vice President of Membership of SCS. Prof. Obaidat is currently the Senior Vice
President of SCS.
He has been invited to lecture and give keynote speeches worldwide. His
research interests are: wireless communications and networks, modeling and
simulation, performance evaluation of computer systems, and telecommunications
systems, security of computer and network systems, high performance
computing/computers, applied neural networks and pattern recognition, security
of e-based systems, and speech processing. During the 2004/2005 academic, he
was on sabbatical leave as Fulbright distinguished Professor and Advisor to the
President of Philadelphia University (Dr. Adnan Badran who became in April 2005
the Prime Minster of Jordan). Prof. Obaidat is a Fellow of the Society for
Modeling and Simulation International SCS, and a Fellow of the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).